Legal Opinion
Florida House of Representatives, Honorable T.K. Wetherell, Speaker, Cross-Appellant v. United States Department of Commerce, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 27, 1992No. 92-2022PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COX, Circuit Judge:
On July 19, 1991, the Florida House of Representatives (“Florida”) filed a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA” or “Act”) request seeking release of the United States Department of Commerce’s (“Department” or “Secretary”) adjusted block level census data which the Department had developed in the course of its 1990 census duties. The Secretary denied the request on the ground that the data was exempt from disclosure under Exemption 5 of the FOIA. After its request was denied, Florida sued the Secretary, seeking disclosure under the FOIA. Finding that the adjusted block level…
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